Set Activity title ellipse to middle?

Question

I have an Activity whose title keeps change, but sometimes its long and get ellipses by end. Can I set ellipse to middle ?

score 20 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '12 at 05:46

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You can do this:

    final int actionBarTitle = Resources.getSystem().getIdentifier("action_bar_title", "id", "android");
    final TextView title = (TextView)getWindow().findViewById(actionBarTitle);
    if ( title != null ) {
        title.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.MIDDLE);
    }

answered May 28 '12 at 05:46

Diego Torres Milano

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I don't see the 1.6 in your question. It should be the same, but different id, try to find it using hierarchyviewer – Diego Torres Milano May 28 '12 at 06:02
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This too is a hack. It's likely to break. At least check for nulls and catch exceptions. – pjv Jan 10 '13 at 15:26
@xmenW.K."android.R.id.title" in a non-actionbar version. – wangqi060934 Sep 09 '13 at 07:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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    ((TextView) ((FrameLayout) ((LinearLayout) ((ViewGroup) getWindow()
            .getDecorView()).getChildAt(0)).getChildAt(0)).getChildAt(0))
            .setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.MIDDLE);

got it from android:set title bar in middle

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered May 28 '12 at 06:10

xmen

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This is a hack. It's likely to break. – pjv Jan 10 '13 at 15:26
I agree, It does break with 3.0+, But works too with older :) – xmen Jan 11 '13 at 04:15

geass code · Answer 3 · 2016-05-18T03:04:10.920

if you user the Toolbar you can add this function before settitle

  private void setToolbarTextEllipsizeInMiddle(Toolbar toolbar){
    try {
        toolbar.setTitle("'");
        for (int i = 0; i < toolbar.getChildCount(); i++) {
            View view = toolbar.getChildAt(i);
            if (view instanceof TextView) {
                TextView tv = (TextView) view;
                tv.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.MIDDLE);
            }
        }//end for i
        toolbar.setTitle("");
    } catch (Exception e) {
    }
}

score -3 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 18 '15 at 15:25

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Try using android:ellipsize

Refer android:ellipsize in the Android Developers page.

edited Jun 18 '15 at 15:25

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answered May 28 '12 at 05:36

cutebug

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you cant use it on an Activity title, can you ? – xmen May 28 '12 at 05:44

Set Activity title ellipse to middle?

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